Actually I was calling you gush about Sonic 3, but that works too.
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Me and my daughter got vaklempt at the end. Worked for me. I guess I don't watch enough weepies to have seen it coming.
My daughter was chagrined that when she told her friend about getting misty as 39 year old hugs Chad, she replied, "yeah, that was sad, that he dies" but it is the living that recognize loss. Me and my kid got misty at the bitter sweet feels the 39 year old must have been feeling.
Without the swears and female nudity, I think this would have been PG and maybe made better box office. Guess that's why I'm not in the industry.
Oh, you won't catch me gushing about anything Sonic, least of all the movies. Haven't seen any of them, have no interest to, and haven't been a fan of the games since Sonic and Knuckles 30 years ago, so to say I'm out of touch is beyond an understatement.
If you gotta any nieces or nephews that are interested, then you're probably watching it with them at some point. Or if your girl is interested. If you ever see them, the great news is that you don't have to know anything about the games to enjoy them. Though there's always a big special bonus for those who are longtime fans of the games if you get the references.
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Yeah... not gonna happen. I don't have anyone remotely near my circle that wants to watch the Sonic movies. I can't even fathom a circumstance where any one of them would be on in my presence, and I'd not actively look for something else to watch. Glad you enjoy them, though, and proudly support your right to promote them.
Mara
Another low-budget bogeyman horror movie, about a sleep paralysis demon called Mara. Olga Kurylenko is a "rookie" police psychologist (she's like 40?) investigating. A dude is killed in his sleep and the police decide to arrest the wife, who's huffing and puffing around the living room like a 28 Days Later zombie, apparently solely based on the shrink's recommendation - which seems so implausible I never connected with Olga's guilt over separating the mom from her kid. Yet the movie treats it like this was entirely on her, and terribly important at that.
The sleep paralysis demon is played by the clinically and professionally emaciated Javier Botet, of REC/It/Slender Man/Insidious/The Conjuring cred. The movie doesn't make much of the creature. In concept all you can do with it is have a character lying down, looking terrified around the room, and then, you know, the bogeyman shows up and strangles them without further ado. It's not like with Freddy where you can play on the same fear of helplessness but also go wild with the nightmares.
The one creepy part is a character clipping one of his eyelids so he won't fall asleep. It's off camera but the shot holds long enough to sell the ick.
Another low-budget bogeyman horror movie, about a sleep paralysis demon called Mara. Olga Kurylenko is a "rookie" police psychologist (she's like 40?) investigating. A dude is killed in his sleep and the police decide to arrest the wife, who's huffing and puffing around the living room like a 28 Days Later zombie, apparently solely based on the shrink's recommendation - which seems so implausible I never connected with Olga's guilt over separating the mom from her kid. Yet the movie treats it like this was entirely on her, and terribly important at that.
The sleep paralysis demon is played by the clinically and professionally emaciated Javier Botet, of REC/It/Slender Man/Insidious/The Conjuring cred. The movie doesn't make much of the creature. In concept all you can do with it is have a character lying down, looking terrified around the room, and then, you know, the bogeyman shows up and strangles them without further ado. It's not like with Freddy where you can play on the same fear of helplessness but also go wild with the nightmares.
The one creepy part is a character clipping one of his eyelids so he won't fall asleep. It's off camera but the shot holds long enough to sell the ick.
A ★★★ review of A Christmas Carol (1938)
“What right do you have to be merry? You’re poor enough.” “And what right do you have to be miserable? You’re rich enough.” This film follows one Ebenezer Scrooge (Reginald Owen), a miser who hates the concept of Christmas, cheer, and especially Christmas cheer, something that puts him at...
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I'm not looking for some scathing criticism of Fox or Disney for their handling of the aforementioned characters.
I just thought it neat narratively to see the old Fox Marvel canon being used as lost denizens of the void between multiverses
This reminds me of a joke I saw on the internet a couple of months back of a guy on YouTube looking at Sonic 3 the movie and Knuckles the TV show's release year and going; They actually did it, Sonic 3 & Knuckles!
I like to think it was videogamedunkey, but I'm not sure as I can't seem to find it.
I'm not either, but it's the movie that's framing itself as taking potshots at everyone. Deadpool is the merc with the mouth who doesn't respect even the narrative constraints that he inhabits, but they're not going to let him actually go after Disney, and that puts corporate provisos (thank you Alladin) on his disrespectful antics. The freedom of a character marketed as having no respect for the status quo and the powers that be is now tempered. Deadpool is owned by Disney, and it's in his character to rail against that, but they're never going to let him do that, so he just ends up feeling toothless.
Something like Peace Maker does a better job at showing a disrectful asshole "superhero", and the Spider-Verse movies do a far better job at being silly, tongue-in-cheek, and referential while also providing a heartfelt narrative.